Nightmare Inducement

Semner’s men stepped forward, naked blades extended, closing in on Jace. The first man fell, screaming until his throat bled at the nightmares the mage’s spell seared into his conscious mind.

The second was within reach before Jace lashed out. From his outstretched hand, a sky-blue eel wiggled and writhed its way through the air to wrap about the torso and neck of his attacker. Serrated fins sliced into flesh while the beast’s jagged maw clamped hard upon the bandit’s face, shredding skin and bone, blood and ocular fluids, into a slippery stew that flowed smoothly down its winding throat.

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Agents of Artifice, Chapter 6